{"id":138673,"date":"2018-02-15T13:29:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T18:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/?p=138673"},"modified":"2018-06-18T19:00:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T23:00:12","slug":"highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-15-february-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/02\/15\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-15-february-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY SPOKESPERSON \u2013 15 FEBRUARY 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.87&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY BRENDEN VARMA,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>SPOKESPERSON FOR <\/strong><strong>GENERAL ASSEMBLY <\/strong><strong>PRESIDENT <\/strong><strong>MIROSLAV LAJ\u010c\u00c1K <\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-meta vcard\">\n<p><strong>United Nations Headquarters, New York<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">15 February 2018<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.87&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>PRESIDENT HEADS TO GERMANY FOR SECURITY CONFERENCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The President will leave New York tonight for Munich, Germany. There he will participate in the Munich Security Conference.<\/li>\n<li>He is expected to hold a number of bilaterals, including with the First Vice President of South Sudan; the Foreign Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Russian Federation; and top officials from the European Commission; the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE); the United Nations Environment Programme (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵEP); and the International Criminal Court (ICC).<\/li>\n<li>He will be back in the office on Monday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>ROHINGYA COMMÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵITIES NEED PROTECTION &amp; SUPPORT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The President <a href=\"\/pga\/72?p=138581\">met this morning<\/a> with the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, H.E. Mr. Shahidul Haque.<\/li>\n<li>On the Rohingya issue, the President praised Bangladesh for its generosity as a host country. The President and Foreign Secretary agreed that the Rohingya people need the international community&#8217;s protection and strong support and that much more action is needed to address this human tragedy. They discussed the need to guarantee that any returns of the Rohingya to Myanmar are safe and secure.<\/li>\n<li>They also spoke about the President\u2019s priorities for the 72nd session, including migration and sustaining peace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>PRESIDENT DISCUSSES THREATS TO MULTILATERALISM WITH U.N. AMBASSADORS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This morning, the President held the fifth instalment in his series of Morning Dialogues. The topic was \u201cMultilateralism under fire?\u201d. Fifteen Permanent Representatives participated.<\/li>\n<li>The Morning Dialogues are an initiative by the President to bring United Nations ambassadors together in an informal setting where they can speak candidly and share ideas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>MEMBER STATES TO START NEGOTIATIONS ON MIGRATION DRAFT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Asked to elaborate on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2018\/02\/180205_GCM-zero-draft_final.pdf\">zero draft<\/a> of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, the Spokesperson said the draft was publicly available. 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